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Blankenship issued the challenge Friday to renowned NASA scientist James Hansen after word came out that Hansen was scheduled to attend a mountaintop removal protest next week outside of one of Massey's Raleigh County operations.
Hansen is among the headliners at the Tuesday event, along with actress Daryl Hannah. Protesters plan to meet near Marsh Fork Elementary School, which sits below a huge Massey slurry impoundment, and risk arrest at a nearby Massey office.
"While I don't recall anyone inviting out-of-state environmental protesters from San Francisco and a Hollywood actress to Massey's property on June 23, I'm more than willing to invite Dr. Hansen to have a factual discussion about coal mining in West Virginia, which provides thousands of jobs in the state and provides low-cost energy to millions of Americans," Blankenship said in a press release.
"I look forward to hearing from Dr. Hansen, as I'm sure a productive dialogue -- not publicity arrests -- is what Dr. Hansen, a university professor who values an exchange of ideas, surely must desire," Blankenship added.
Hansen could not be reached for comment late Friday afternoon.
More than 20 years ago, Hansen first warned Congress about the dangers of climate change, and urged actions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to the greenhouse effect.
Over the last few years, Hansen has become more and more politically active, appearing at rallies and protests, and calling for an end to coal-burning power plants that don't capture their greenhouse emissions.
"Phase out of coal use except where the carbon is captured and stored below ground is the primary requirement for solving global warming," Hansen told Congress earlier this year. "We must demand a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants."
Hansen also has spoken out in favor of building a wind farm on Coal River Mountain in Southern West Virginia, saying Massey's plans to instead blow up the mountain to recover its coal reserves makes the location "the site of an absurdity."
Hansen has a Ph.D. in physics, teaches earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University, and is director of NASA's Goodard Institute for Space Studies. He's published numerous peer-reviewed papers on climate change issues.
Blankenship has said that he doesn't believe in climate change and has said that Hansen and others who speak out on the issue are "totally crazy" and "lying" to the public.
Reach Ken Ward Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702.
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